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On october the fourth, 1930, a 777 foot long airship, the largest thing that had ever flown, larger than the titanic by volume was about to take off on a trip from london to india. As part of a scheme hatched by the British Empire to connect the farflung pieces of the empire, it was a moonshot. A scheme you call it, one of your chapters is titled is dreams and imperial vision . S. C. Gwynne a nice combination of all of them, airships as it turns out were competing with airplanes in the early cen...

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some were violent and some turned deadly. >> william was killed in the confrontation between national guardsmen and students protesting the war in vietnam at kent state university. joe lewis was shot twice that day as was allen both survived and feel it necessary to remember the four who died understanding it could easily have been them it was a tense time troops coming home called baby killers. might be ripped out of a classroom and september to a jungle. they protested civil rights, ...

mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and well have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republ...

and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood — a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s — has died in london. she was 81 years old hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, whos political correspondent at the guardian — and asa bennett, whos a former number 10 speechwriter. the financial times leads with the breaking news of football legend pele�*s death as they bid him farewell...

nuclear drills, as fears grow about an escalation of the war in ukraine. and the —— with a difference, hundreds of runners where they most stylish stilettos to take part in washingtons annual high heel drag queen race. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. united nations secretary general says the world is heading for a catastrophe unless climate change is prioritised. concentrations of the three main greenhouse gases rose to concentration levels unpreceden...

over a million for charity. hello and welcome to the programme. security forces in iran have used live ammunition on protesters in several cities, a0 days after the death of mahsa amini in police custody. she was arrested after allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. people took to the streets in 30 cities across the country with some businesses also closing to show their solidarity. our correspondent rana rahimpour reports. chanting. day a0 of iran protest and forty days since the de...

their most stylish stilettos to take part in washingtons annual high heel drag queen race. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres says the world is heading for a catastrophe unless climate change is prioritised. new figures released by the un show concentrations of the three main greenhouse gases rose to record levels in the atmosphere last year. world leaders will meet next month in egypt, for the un clima...

Officials in oklahoma dig up 1a bodies for a second time, in the hope of using dna to identify more victims in 1921 the tulsa race massacre. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, shiona has been to sweden to see how new organs could be printed in a lab. Meanwhile, lara has been creating body parts of a different kind. Whats happened to my ear . Nick talks to a man in a box. And the man hunting the missing cryptoqueen explains how to find someone from a single selfie. Even if i posted a...

for digging out proteins, that are beneficial to their immune systems. as the un warns of a climate catastrophe, the uk government is accused of failing to protect key transport, power and communication networks from extreme weather. a report by a joint committee of mps and peers, says britains national security is being jeopardised. well, the issue is affecting nations right across the globe. world leaders will meet next month in egypt, for the un climate summit, cop27. the un secreta...